Asstr Down

Asstr Down
Published March 25, 2021 By ShamBawk33

collection of stories you shouldn't read at work
Last week I could not reach [asstr.org](https://asstr.org) I thought it might be my ISP or IP address being blocked. I went remote and my cell phone told me it could also not reach the site over a different network.
So it seems to be down. Does anybody know why?
There is apparently a DNS issue (not the first time.)
You can fix it by appending this line:
64.71.155.222 http://www.asstr.org
to your hosts file – c:windowssystem32driversetchosts
You will have to open as Administrator in order to save it.

Published March 23, 2021 By TheDisapprovingBrit

collection of stories you shouldn't read at work
Regular visitors may have noticed that ASSTR has been down for the last week or so. This appears to be a DNS issue – the site itself is still there if you set up a host file entry to 64.71.155.222.
In case it does go down for good, I’ve taken a mirror of the current content, and set up https://asstr.xyz to host it. I wanted to post here to explain what I’ve done and answer any questions.
**What did I do?**
I set up a hosts file entry so I can access the original content, and scraped everything that’s reachable from the main page. That should be everything under /files (the FTP section) and a lot (but not all – see below) of the Web section.
**What if this is just a temporary outage?**
If the original comes back up, I’ll retire my copy and possibly set up a Cron job to keep an up to date copy available in case we lose it again.
**Why isn’t my favourite collection there?**
There are a number of collections that aren’t reachable simply by following links from the homepage – for example, Kristen’s Collection isn’t linked anywhere. Because my scrape only followed the links from the homepage, it didn’t find these and so they’re not there.
Where I’ve been made aware of these, I’ve manually scraped that collection specifically. If there’s content you enjoy that isn’t currently available on the xyz site, please let me know and I’ll scrape it.
**What are your plans for the site?**
For now, nothing. If the original is gone for good, I’ll start looking at maintaining some of the content in a couple of months. By that, I mean updating the links on the homepage to show any content that wasn’t previously linked, and fixing/removing stuff that doesnt work on the mirror, such as search. I’m not sure what arrangements the original site had for contributors, but I’ll probably start looking at the most recent content and reaching out to the authors where contact information is listed to see how we can move forward.
What I won’t be doing is adding cookies, tracking, or any of that kind of stuff. This collection is old school internet and I believe it should stay that way. If the original is gone for good, I’ll update the donations page with my PayPal or a Kofi link plus crypto addresses so people can help with hosting costs if they want – I’m not in a huge rush to do this, since traffic is probably low enough that affordability isn’t really a big concern for now.
**What about copyright?**
The copyright of the site design belongs to the original author. If they’re no longer interested in maintaining it, I hope they won’t mind me using it. If they do, I’ll look at rewriting it in some way while still retaining the basic feel and navigation.
The actual stories are taken from Usenet, and I believe are considered public domain. If any authors contact me, I’ll happily honour any removal requests.
**I still have concerns**
I’m happy to answer any questions people might have.
Can you replace dynamically-generated pages with static pages that are regenerated periodically? Would that fix a lot?
Forgive my ignorance – are you planning on scraping archives like Kristen’s? It’s a personal favourite.
Firstly, thank you. Secondly, I request the _The Plot Device_ series by puppy or ~puppy or whatever their pen name is.
Can you add the “impregnorium” collection to your fo-scrape list (if it isn’t on there already)? Thanks for saving the repository!
Thank you for doing this, not only putting up a mirror, but also keeping the spirit of ASSTR going (no ads, no tracking, no popups, no marketing hype).
I’m also a fan of literotica, but they have slid down the marketing rabbit hole a bit.
May I ask how big the copy is, in terms of size and number of files?
Some but not all of [Strange_Geek]( https://www.asstr.xyz/~A_Strange_Geek/completed.html )’s stuff is on your mirror.
First time making myself cum in the office [F]

With ASSTR down, I need suggestions for good written erotica.
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Ok, it’s been a few days now, so I’m guessing I’ve gotta find a new source for story/play time.
Literotica isn’t bad, but not quite the same speed as ASSTR.
Does anyone have any other sites that you can suggest??
Literoitca is pretty great, but the comment sections for some of the genres are horrific (I'm looking at you, "Loving Wives" readers that think all extramarital sex stories should be BTB). Also, Lit doesn't include some of he more extreme/questionable kinks and fetishes that ASSTR services.
Lushstories is way more positive of a community than Lit is, and it has some really great content. However, it is nowhere near as extensive.
Keep in mind you can retrieve your favorite files using the wayback archiver and a free file downloaded.
They're not nearly as extensive (or extreme in range) as ASSTR, but depending on your tastes, Bellesa.co, Noveltrove, (edit:) and the free reads of Excessica.com have some modest collections to look through.
Okay, time to bring out the ol' alt account.
Long story short, I'm going to copy/paste this to a few places I have found posts like this.
Yes, ASSTR is down. They moved their host to Google, and google doesn't like porn. And REALLY doesn't like fictional stories about underage people. Moral arguments aside (I really don't care what you read, as long as you don't abuse kids I don't care what stories you jerk it to)
So it's most likely google took the website down, and will review it. Since they're a big company, this will probably take awhile. Eventually the admins will have to move to a new host.
The server is still up, google just doesn't resolve the host properly.
So what can you do in the meantime? I have a solution for windows users. (It should work for linux/iOS, it's just a different process)
Edit your host files. Go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and open the host file. Notepad should work, I personally use Notepad++.
Add in a line underneath everything, and copy/paste the following -- 64.71.155.222 www.asstr.org -- into the file. Save, and try to reopen ASSTR.
Now, hopefully this issue is an oversight of something minor, and will be resolved. If not, well... I'll have to find another place to read my kinky stuff.
Asstr org seems to be back up Loaded for me this morning 11/18/2017
Yeah, I saw that a few days ago. Whew!

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